It has been a great year! There were some ups and downs, but I believe that it

creates a balance in ones life to take the good with the bad!

At the beginning I became part of the design team at DeviantScrap.com!!

Met many wonderful people through my work and made many a friendships there both with the team and some wonderful customers!! Thank you all for your friendships and your patronage! it all means so much to me.

Had some lovely visitors here on my blog! Thank you for always stopping by and leaving such kind words.

The bad thing that happened this year was a breakup after 10 years with my ol man. Sure it hurts, but I am moving on and doing better now!

I can now move on to more happier things and times! Create new memories in all that I do. In all the friendships that I have been blessed with and getting to know YOU better!

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

I hope that each and everyone of you that celebrate the holiday season is having a wonderful time! We here at home celebrate Christmas...which I have to say went really awesome! This year for once I woke before my girls and peeked out my bedroom window, as the forecast had called for snow for Christmas Day! I had hoped and wished, but wasn't about to get my hopes up. Much to my surprise, there were 3 inches of snow on the ground and was still snowing in big fluffy snowflakes!! Awesome! What a blessing and a way to start the day of our celebration!

I bounced out of bed, well as much as possible for my ol body lol and went straight to my girls room with jingle bells in hand! Standing in their doorway gently shaking the bells and the girls started to stir awake! I said, Good Morning! Merry Christmas and guess what....IT'S SNOWING! They bounced out of their beds in much the same fashion as I, only not so gingerly LOL And ran to the window to see the fluffy flakes falling from the sky!!!

I then made me a bit of coffee and told the girls to go ahead and tear into their stockings to see what goodies there was for them! I then sat down with them and started handing them their gifts! RIP SHRED TEAR! It was great! They loved everything and a good time was had by all!

Moving ahead into the NEW YEAR of 2011! It is hard to believe how fast the time went in 2010!

Thursday, December 23, 2010

It's that time of year again! Just wanted to stop in and wish EVERYONE a Merry Little Christmas!

Time for this ol gal to take a little break from the computer and start her holiday baking and then sit back and relax and enjoy family time with my girls! I have been fighting an awful cold this last week and hope it goes away in time to enjoy the holiday!!

I hope each and everyone of you are blessed with lots of family and friends gathered around you and many good wishes come true now and throughout the coming New Year of 2011!!!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

The folks you see in this art piece are my grandparents! Both of German decent...My Grandmother was born in Germany...My Grandfather was born in Russia. Both came to America!!

As for the story...I will tell it the best I can...My Grandmother loved to cook and bake! Such yummy treats she would bring into our home! Grandma had been making pies one day and would cool them on the window sill. Grandpa...out for his daily walks would walk by her home and smell these delishious pies! One day he went to Grandmas house and asked for some pie. This went on for awhile and Grandpa eventually proposed marriage to her!

These two lovely folks would come to our house for the holidays and bring lots of yummy treats! After the feast and all the clean up was done. We would all sit at a large table and play Po-Ke-No! We gave the game a twist...and would put 3 empty cups in the center of the table. Everyone would save their pennies up just for this event. In each cup we would put one penny. Corners, Middle and Pokeno. Which ever one was called out you would get the pennies from the appropriate cup. We all called it gambling! hehe Grandma and Grandpa were always good for a giggle or two. Grandpa...he would cheat and call "POKENO" with a sly grin on his face! lol Grandma would shumuck his arm and curse at him in German...pretty sure she called him a "Dummy" haha And would wag her finger at him and say, "You just wait till I get you home mister!" And Grandpas grin would broaden even more! lol

Here is the original photo I used to extract the image of them for the art piece. Their wedding photo! Wouldn't you know it....after 50 years of marriage...my Grandpa proposed again and they renewed their wedding vows on their 50th wedding anniversary! How sweet is that! I miss these wonderful people! They are both angels now!

This is an image I found online to show you the game Po-Ke-No!! I have one...I had searched Etsy for one and got one of the original games and all the pieces were there! Perfect condition! :O) And now when the holidays come...I play it with my 2 daughters! FUN!

Hope you enjoy this little story! It is all true! I may not be the best writer but my memories of them vivid in my mind and etched in my heart forever!

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

This first one is a WIP work in progress! Will have it finished soon!!This second one was finished this last week and is from my PMS Chronicles...I thought I should have a name for my ranting and raving pages! lol I am totally in love with this bird creature!!!

Friday, December 3, 2010

This morning as I was strolling thru blogs, I came across one in particular...I will not mention

any names, but there was this beautiful collage sheet up for sale....With closer inspection...some of my imagery was used in creating the collage sheet!

I did a double take...shaking my head! I ask myself..."Am I really seeing this?"

I am furious!

How could they?

As artists yourself, I am sure you undertand how hard it is to make a go for yourself in the art world! Am I right?

If there is anything I cannot stand...is people that steal or lie!

Why would someone do this sort of thing? It hurts me beyond belief!!!

Hoping that they see this post....Let's go over my TOU shall we!

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